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MEETING THE OTHER IN COUNSELING

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Zierkiewicz E.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2008

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tom 9

133-143

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The aim of the paper is to present the problem of identity difference between the two subjects in counseling: the counselor and the client. The issue is of paramount significance both from the theoretical as well practical perspective. Although it is obvious that the counselor and customer are two independent individuals, from the standpoint of the ethical relation of offering advice, the difference needs to be strongly recognized in order to preserve the autonomy of both persons. The counselor and the customer function in separate social environments, their encounters are short and take place for a specific reason which frequently is either helplessness or a feeling of being lost on the part of the customer. Such situations may lead to abuse, malpractice or manipulation even if the initial motivation is positive. It seems that in case of counseling it is possible to distinguish three ways of reacting to the client's individual identity and otherness. The directive approach aims at eliminating the different identity understood for instance as immaturity, abnormality or significant departure from the standard. In case of the liberal approach, the otherness is not treated as a threat to the counselor, inter-personal relations or the society; it is perceived rather as immanent and non-removable strangeness characterizing all subjects involved: all people seem to be strange to others, appear to be different, but such differences can be equated with freedom. The dialogue approach treats the otherness in a still different way, not as a specific and autonomous instance of existence or characteristics of particular subjects, but as a social construct, generated, reproduced and trespassed within and through the dialogue conducted. Hence the divisions: 'we' and 'them', 'local' and 'foreign' articulate the status of particular groups and this allows the client to assume a critical and reflective approach in social relations, including those with the counselor.

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CLIENT IN TV COUNSELING - BETWEEN WATCHING AND EXPERIENCING (Klient w poradnictwie telewizyjnym - miedzy ogladaniem a doswiadczaniem)

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Zielinska-Pekal D.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2009

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tom 10

213-224

EN

The paper discusses the subject of indirect counseling, limiting it to the field of television broadcasting. The article takes as a point of departure a survey conducted among pedagogy students. Yet, the survey (written form) did not concern counseling issues. The authoress attempted to determine how young people watch their favorite TV programs, that is: what they are doing in front of the TV, and what they are thinking about. Thus, the aim of this research was not to analyze the media content, but to describe everyday forms of 'being' with media. (The results can be found in another paper by D.Zielinska-Pekał entitled 'Between Bustle and Ritualization', (in:) Esthetics - Art - Media, ed. Maria Jablonska, Wroclaw 2008). This research, in turn, provided inspiration to reflect on TV counselling. The authoress analyses the clients - their attitudes to the media and to the unusual form of counseling. Moreover, two of these attitudes have been described, namely experiencing and watching TV counseling. The former is characterized by commitment, problem identification, readiness to accept help; the viewer adopts the role of a counseling client. Watching, on the other hand, is characterized by little commitment, absence of a problem, readiness to be entertained; the viewer is seen as a spontaneous principant. Moreover, the authoress describes one more attitude (so-called intermediate form). In contrast to watching and experiencing, which were of constant and unchangeable character, this third attitude is fluent, changeable and of continuous nature. Emergence of this intermediate form dramatically changes the role of a client in TV counseling, including the change of his status, role and approach to a TV program.

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Aktywizacja społeczna i zawodowa osób niepełnosprawnych – problemy i wyzwania

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Becker-Pestka D.

Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW

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2012

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nr 4

29-50

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Presented text refers problems of social and professional activation problems of people with disabilities. It is a demanding and difficult task for their families, countries and different institutions. People with disabilities are faced with different and difficult problems. Social and professional activation is possible, however, requires a deliberate, consistent action in different areas and the relevant regulations. It is also necessary cooperation of institutions and employers as well as properly organized and conducted counseling.

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EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF COUNSELING-ORIENTED URBAN GAME 'TREE OF SUPPORT' (Aspekty edukacyjne poradniczej gry miejskiej 'Drzewo Wsparcia')

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Trebinska-Szumigraj E.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2010

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tom 11

185-200

EN

In June 2009, during the Science Festival in Zielona Góra, the authoress along with her friends and a group of students realized a project entitled the Tree of Support. It was a reference to urban games, which are continually gaining popularity in Poland, though the actual content of the project was concerned with assistance and counseling issues. The paper describes the learning process of those students who were engaged in the project. The first part contains the description of the phenomenon of urban games and outlines the way the game 'Tree of Support' is run. In the second part, the authoress analyzes successive stages of making the game. She pays particular attention to the events that might have influenced students' relations or changed the way they think about the world and about those who require or offer assistance. Eventually, having analyzed the entire creative process she participated in, the authoress describes the processes that have influence on (re)defining students' identity (personal and professional). Role-playing, group cooperation (developing partnership relations, sharing duties, decision making), working on the project (preparing prompts and scripts), and finally keeping tabs on the course of the game have turned out to be the elements that influence the development of participants' (both students and lecturers) identity more strongly and in shorter time than in the case of traditional, academic lectures and classes.

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PHILOSOPHICAL INSPIRATIONS IN COUNSELING (Filozoficzne inspiracje w poradnictwie)

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Zembrzuska A.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2009

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tom 10

175-185

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The aim of the paper is, on the one hand, to present the philosophical dimension of contemporary counseling and, on the other, to sketch philosophical inspirations that (directly or indirectly) have influenced its current shape. In the first case, the authoress presents those areas that combine philosophy and counseling, depicts crucial (from the perspective of counseling) philosophical concepts regarding human being, and stresses the similarities of questions raised in the fields of philosophy and counseling. Issues that arise in counseling can be treated as existential (i.e. meaning of human activities, meaning of life, nature of interpersonal relations), epistemological (understanding of the world, of oneself and the others) and ethical (making moral choices, being governed by values and rules, the ideas of happiness). Philosophy can also bring some potential for criticism (towards static reality) into the field of counseling and deepen reflectiveness as a certain attitude in life. Philosophical counseling can serve as a good example of such reflective dimension of counseling oriented towards entire human life. In the second case, the authoress describes philosophical concepts and trends that can be helpful in solving problems through counseling, namely phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism and the philosophy of dialogue. In the paper, she employs the method of analyzing both counseling and philosophical literature, supplementing it with sociological and pedagogical texts.

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BETWEEN 'CURING HOMOSEXUALITY' AND SUPPORT IN ACHIEVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF OWN PSYCHOSEXUAL ORIENTATION. TOWARDS COUNSELING FOR LESBIANS

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Łysak A.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2007

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tom 8

149-162

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Covert, implicit discrimination of lesbians takes place on different levels. The first is the very negation that lesbians exist. Next, it is believed that there are so few of them that it is a waste of time to take notice of them. In another one, it is accepted that there are lesbians in Poland but they are not discriminated against in any way. Yet another discrimination strategy assigns all negative stereotypes to lesbians. If a lesbian is noticed, she might be considered to be an ill person and as such should be subject to treatment. However, the invisibility of lesbians includes also medicine, psychiatry and psychology. While male homosexuality and its origins have been widely discussed and theorized, lesbianism has been often disregarded. Still, lesbians, as all people, regardless of sex, age, socio-economic status, level of education or their psychosexual orientation, come across crisis situations and should have a possibility to consult a specialist. Unfortunately, with a very few exceptions, Polish counselors' knowledge about psychosexual orientation, sex and sex-related social roles is very much out of date. A lesbian seeking psychological advice in Poland must be aware that she will be considered mentally ill and will be persuaded that she should undergo treatment to heal her sexuality. A psychologist will see her psychosexual orientation, rather than the attitude of the homophobic society, as the core reason of her problems. The authoress intends to show how lesbians could or should be approached by therapists and to present necessary conditions a successful specialist helping gay men and women should fulfill.

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ADULT IN MEDIATED COUNSELING DISCOURSE (Czlowiek dorosly w zaposredniczonym dyskursie poradniczym)

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Zielinska-Pekal D.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2010

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tom 11

157-166

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The expression - mediated counseling discourse - draws the attention to such way of helping (supporting, guiding, counseling) which becomes an 'impersonal' experience drawn from media sources. The expression therapeutic discourse is purposefully replaced with counseling discourse since it is the latter that has become an essential element of the therapeutic culture. Therefore, the mediated counseling discourse involves communication (conversations, meetings) between counselor and counselee via different means of mass media, at the same time promoting the idea of helping. The aim of the paper is an attempt to look at the situation of an adult immersed in the mediated counseling discourse. The authoress asks a question: is it possible that in the times of media expansion and the development of the mediated counseling discourse one can say about a free choice of the participants, or is it rather a dead-end situation in which a modern man is 'destined to be counseled'? The authoress has analyzed the issue of the so-called 'accidental' counseling presented in media along with the possibility (or lack of it) of conscious participation in it. She also draws attention to the role of a chance and spontaneity in using this sort of offers. On the basis of theoretical analyses (by A.Giddens, Z.Bauman, M.Jacyno among others), supplemented by written and oral questionnaires (on the topic of the counseling discourse) answered by students of pedagogy at the Witelon Higher Vocational State School in Legnica, the authoress comes to the conclusion that mediated counseling discourse is not always a matter of personal choice and may occur to a person in many everyday circumstances. Narrations concealed in media broadcasts are refined means of conveying the counseling content. But apart from these hidden messages, one can find and use a wide array of offers related to mediated counseling, which provide very explicit, or even didactic, support.

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QUALITY, EVALUATION, AND COUNSELING - THEIR INTERDEPENDENCY IN ADULT EDUCATION (Jakosc, ewaluacja i poradnictwo - o ich wzajemnych relacjach w instytucjach edukacji doroslych)

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Stock H.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2010

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tom 11

143-155

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Striving for quality is an inherent part of professional adult education. An increasingly pluralistic market of competing educational institutions defines quality as a salient goal - in view of potential students/applicants interested in the specific profile offered by a particular institution of continuing education; - in view of the personnel in the area of continuing education who might want to investigate and study the personal, organizational, and structural issues of quality management; - in view of potential sponsors in a tough and competitive market in the field of continuing education; - in view of competitors, i.e. to secure an adequate stature and rank, i.e. a competitive edge in this market. Developing and determining quality presupposes theoretical and practical guidance and support. Counseling should be incorporated into this process - by creating spaces and new options for individuals as well as for institutions. Evaluation could offer a valuable contribution in assessing quality and deciding on counseling needs. Evaluation can draw on a multiple methodology, and it has qualitative and quantitative potential, e.g. in terms of correlating self-evaluation and evaluation through others. A well argued practical interplay between quality, evaluation, and counseling in continuing education is a visible sign of professional practice.

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GOALS, PROJECTS, STRIVINGS (Part) I. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF APPLICATION (Celok, tervek, torekvesek I. Elmeleti megfontolasok es alkalmazasi lehetosegek)

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Martos T.

Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle (Hungarian Psychological Review)

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2009

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tom 64

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nr 2

331-358

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The first part of the paper describes the role of goals in personality as well as the theoretical and practical issues of surveying goals. Goals are significant factors from several points of view, including phenomenological, functional, personality and social psychological ones. Goals may be useful in describing important aspects of human functioning. There is a flexible and versatile array of research tools for studying goals. Four aspects are analyzed in this regard: focus of the research question, need of a theoretical framework, hierarchy of the goal system and choice of the goal evaluations. Three research areas are presented as examples for applying goal theory and methodology: 1. approach and avoidance tendencies in goals and their consequences for healthy psychological functioning; 2. self focused goals' significance in personality psychology and 3. goal constructs in the psychology of religion and spirituality. The first part of the paper is confined by discussing the possibility of practical applications, as well as further research tasks and open questions.

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O uczniowskim doświadczaniu wsparcia w nowych obszarach poradnictwa

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Siarkiewicz E.

Rocznik Lubuski

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2010

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tom 36

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nr 1

257-266

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The family, traditionally ascribed the task of introducing young people into social life, supporting them in difficult or crisis situations, is presently perceived as helpless in relation to unclear, incomprehensible present and unpredictable future. In the article, the author shows some new areas in which youngsters seek help and support. Community websites and students' blogs are presented as the space in which counseling practice is initiated and realized. It is informal, incidental, often anonymous, noncommittal and available to young people at their 'beck and call'.